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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1925
Page
29
William K Hutchinson surveys popular pastimes among notable figures of the era. The piece profiles leisure pursuits of distinguished names, highlighting how curiosity and recreation intersect with public life across social circles.
Senator George Payne McLean of Connecticut is praised as a lifelong fisherman and hunter who sees America first. He pursues fishing from Maine to Nova Scotia and ducks along the South Atlantic coast, supports wildlife protection and the Migratory Bird bill, stocks trout on his 1,500 acre Simsbury farm, keeps prize Guernsey cattle, and enjoys farm life with friends visiting his Connecticut estate.
The article profiles Senator George Moses noting his fondness for bright neckties and a habit of buying show-window scarves. It describes his Shakespearean literary interests, love of musical theatre in New York, golf as recreation, and a secret fondness for succotash.
Joshua Kornshux from Scrabble Corners visited the city and ran into a fellow townsman. When asked about the city he replied I dunno My wife is along.
London reports a serious goldfish shortage due to last year's poor breeding season. Harry Gays, England's goldfish king, notes prices jumped from 15 cents to 1 dollar per fish with the big chaps, jum bos, around 1.50 dollars. A new breeding season begins in August with hope for a boom.
In Tokyo on August 12 Shozan Sasaki a former House member started the Society of Beard Wearers to encourage whiskers and spread the gospel of beards. The group began with fifty members and promotes beard wear as a sign of personal dignity and outward solemnity.
In the first six months of this year 48,327 automobiles entered California with an estimated 193,308 travelers. The Automobile Club of Southern California reports strong touring interest, noting peak road conditions and a surge in inquiries from eastern and middlewestern states, averaging 200 daily requests for touring information.
Hardware market summary from New York reports that despite seasonal quiet, hardware sales stay satisfactory, with volumes ahead of last year in some centers. August starts favorably, fall orders not yet large, but fill-in orders on seasonal and staple lines are solid and prices remain firm indicating a healthy market.
Mrs. Harry Ashcroft of Covington Kentucky describes severe bearing-down pains and weakness from female ills. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength and urges other women to try it.
The Belgium government told the American debt funding commission in Washington that a plan exists to discharge Belgiums war debt of 481 million dollars. Belgian envoys met the commissioners for two and a half hours, with a 4 oclock joint session to follow after a 3 oclock session.
Baldwin Mr and Mrs Joseph Gray and son of Elizabeth West Virginia visited relatives here Saturday. Mr and Mrs Bill McWilliams and daughter Bertha and granddaughter Vera and Mrs Anderson of Pardo Pennsylvania visited with Mrs Mc Williams brother C P Styers and family Sunday. Miss Ruth Houk of this vicinity returned home Sunday after spending the week visiting relatives in Girard Ohio. Clarence Yoho is confined to his home with sickness. Miss Irene Styers is spending the
The Parisian Sage remedy claims to stop itching scalp instantly and reduce dandruff. It promises hair growth and luxurious, soft, fluffy hair. Sold at McKee's Kut Rate Store and by all druggists.
Paris August 12 modern farm machinery spreads through Mesopotamian wheat fields once reliant on sickles and flails. Dr Isaac Yonan renowned for food economy work in the region labels this as part of Americanization of Bible Lands. Gearhart Knitting Co of Clearfield faces receivership after Doehler Die Casting Co Brooklyn and Commercial Printing Akron file bills seeking payment totals $13,000. The defendant agreed to receivership.
Federal Judge Gibson appointed Charles T. Kurtz Philadelphia and F C Weidenmayer Philadelphia as receivers for the property of a knitting mill in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as of August 12. The order designates Kurtz from Clearfield and Weidenmayer from Philadelphia to manage and preserve the mill assets during court proceedings.
At the scene of a car wreck a bystander asks if the victim needs help. The victim replies he has just had an accident and will manage, picking himself up to continue.
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